Gaming and Anime Convention Being Created By Montevallo Students

By: Jacob Bobst

Montevallo has quite a geeky population, but they wear their geek pride high. And nowhere is that better shown than with the development of Fal-Con, a gaming and anime convention being formed by students of The University of Motnevallo.

The con hopes to be "An anime convention with a gaming minor" and to emulate the success of similar events held by students of other colleges, such as Kami-Con, run by students of the University of Alabama.

AJ Diaz, working on Fal-Con in plumber regalia.

Fal-Con originated as a joke between Susan Sabia and her friend Brittany Chavarria, and they used the pun to joke around for years. But before long, the idea to turn the pun into a reality came to them, and the con began development.

Fal-Con, despite being made by Montevallo students, won't be taking place on campus despite the best effort of the staff.. The university lacks any building that would allow many people in it at once, and there were safety concerns about people in costume walking on the notoriously easy to trip on bricks.

The Fal-Con mascot, a newborn falcon.

Fal-Con is raising money to fund the con through the crowd funding site Indiegogo. They offer a variety of awards for helping, from passes to the convention to allowing a big donor to have their own panel. Other prizes include T-shirts, replicas of keyblades from the Kingdom Hearts series of video games, and a brunch.



You can check out the Indiegogo here.

Fal-Con has it's own website, which you can visit here.